Manager, Pipeline Safety at Southern Company in Virginia Beach, VA

Job description

The Manager, Pipeline Safety provides leadership and coordination for the Southern Company Gas Pipeline Safety Management System, known as APEX, with responsibility for implementation and enterprise initiatives. The position supports the development, implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement of APEX in alignment with API Recommended Practice 1173, applicable regulatory requirements, operating-company priorities, and enterprise governance. The Manager leads work across Operations, Engineering, Compliance, Quality Assurance, Integrity Management, Construction, contractor management, Safety, Human Performance, Training, Crisis Management, Risk Management, Communications, Legal, and executive leadership. The position translates leadership direction and pipeline-safety expectations into clearly defined initiatives, decisions, responsibilities, measures, and sustainable operating practices. The Manager also maintains continuity among operating needs, enterprise APEX governance, management review, operational learning, stakeholder engagement, and industry collaboration. Success requires strong systems thinking, operational judgment, facilitation, communication, program leadership, and the ability to influence outcomes across organizational boundaries. Business Execution & Innovation: Coordinate the development of strategy, design and implementation of Pipeline Safety Management programs across the enterprise. Serve as Manager of assigned enterprise projects/programs, involving design and implementation of recommended practice API-1173 elements and initiatives Develop, implement, and execute supporting program process components with specific focus on Management of Change Program (MOC) Support the APEX governance model, including element owners, element leads, support structures, operating routines, and documented responsibilities. Establish clear project and program charters, scope, objectives, deliverables, owners, schedules, decision points, and escalation paths. Ensure proper interpretation, application, and implementation of federal, state and local codes and guidelines as applicable on projects/programs Present APEX performance, emerging risks, program gaps, priorities, and resource needs to appropriate leadership forums. Coordinate management-review inputs, including goals, performance measures, risk-management results, audit and assessment findings, incident and learning-review outcomes, stakeholder feedback, corrective actions, and improvement opportunities. Prepare leadership materials that clearly distinguish approved measures from exploratory or prototype metrics. Ensure management-review outputs result in documented decisions, assigned actions, responsible owners, due dates, resource commitments, and follow-through. Provide forward thinking supported by quantitative analyses and risk analyses to achieve compliance and optimal business results Analyze project/program performance / lessons learned and initiate appropriate process improvements Communication Relationships & Networking: Identify and contract qualified contractors and resources for project/program work Prepare and present project/program metrics to indicate project/program and budget health for presentation to business owners and upper management Lead and advocate for continuous improvement and strategic alignment of PSMS across the enterprise. Meet with Compliance & Technical Services leadership and support development of processes and standards as new compliance initiatives are introduced Collaborate with business unit leaders to assure alignment with operating, regulatory and legal requirements. Provide business and operations direction to contractors and team members based on evaluation of risks, company standards and procedures, regulatory requirements, etc. Coordinate program training and communication across the enterprise Development of Others Lead direct reports and matrixed project teams responsible for PSMS analysis, program management,